LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Danearn
MARCH 15TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
At 9.30 A.M. the coastguard reported a vessel ashore on outer Scotstoun Head, and the motor life-boat John Russell, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 9.55 A.M. A...
A Carley Float
APRIL 16TH. - COVERACK, CORNWALL.
At 7.35 P.M. the coastguard reported an object on the sea in a south-easterly direction from Blackhead, and at 7.40 P.M. the motor life-boat The Three Sisters was...
A Fleet Air Arm Barracuda Aeroplane
SEPTEMBER 7TH. - BLACKPOOL, LANCASHIRE.
At 4.40 in the afternoon the St.
Anne’s coastguard reported that an aeroplane had crashed in the sea about three miles west-south-west of Squires Gate. A light north...
A Small War Department Motor Launch Cypress
NOVEMBER 6TH. - SALCOMBE, DEVON.
At 4.56 in the afternoon the Hope Cove coastguard reported that a small War Department motor launch, with a crew of three, had broken down and was making distress signals east of Start Point...
Sea Safety century
Since their introduction in 2006, the RNLI’s volunteer lifeboat sea safety officers (LSSOs) around the UK and RoI have been saving lives through prevention – giving demonstrations and performing SEA Checks (like the one pictured...
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Three cheers for Tamars!
Three new Tamar class lifeboats went on service at RNLI stations this Autumn – at Kilmore Quay, Shoreham Harbour and Bembridge.
Kilmore Quay’s new lifeboat, Killarney, was the first Tamar to go on station in Ireland....
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North Star
JULY 2 1 ST. - CLOGHER HEAD, CO.
LOUTH. At 10.15 P.M. the civic guard reported a boat in distress about four miles to the north. A north-westerly off-shore wind was blowing, with a choppy sea. The motor life-boat Mary Ann...
Meta
OCTOBER 22ND. - BARROW, LANCASHIRE.
At 12.50 P.M. the naval officer in charge at Barrow reported a boat in distress off Ravenglass harbour, and the motor lifeboat N.T. was launched at 1 P.M. A fresh S.W. wind was blowing,...
Smithfield
PALLING.—On the 28th October, at 4 A.M., during a fresh westerly wind, signals of distress from the North Hasborough Sands light were heard. The British Workman Life-boat proceeded out, and, when about 3 miles from the land, picked up a...
The Portrush Fishing Boat No. 95
FEBRUARY 1ST. - PORTRUSH, CO. ANTRIM.
Just before mid-day the coastguard reported a fishing boat three miles northnorth- east of Ramore Head, lying broadside on to the seas and apparently in...